The Guide to theIndustrial Internet of Things(IIoT) for Supply Chain
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Streamline and Transform SupplyChain Operations with Powerful
Workflow Automation“ For manufacturers, one area

This guide provides an overview of the rapidly

It provides companies with advanced warehousing,changing technologies — across industries worldwide

logistics and transportation solutions, while ensuring— that comprise the Industrial Internet of Things

smooth process management across all links of(IIoT). Specifically, the guide outlines how data

complex supply chain.

collected, stored and shared in the cloud can provide
the robust monitoring and tracking needed to make

How Does IIoT Improve Supply Chain?

of investment is clear: theIndustrial Internet of Things.
Also known as IIoT and Industry
4.0, this technology holds
the key to unlocking drastic
reductions in downtimes, newbusiness models, and a better
customer experience.”

intelligent decisions across the supply chain lifecycle.

IIoT is designed for industrial sectors of supply chain

Taking a step back for some perspective, the use ofand healthcare. It centers on connected devices thatlost productivity.

provides companies a way to totally overhaul their

McKinsey, 2021

Like IoT, the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) isdata, visualize it and analyze the information to makedevices in the Internet of Things (IoT) is revolutionizing
supply chain. No wonder the industry is set togrow in value to 1.6 trillion by 2025. IoT has quickly
become central to the daily operations of enterprises
worldwide. Yet supply-chain inefficiencies are having
a huge impact in an environment of high consumer
demand and are costing industries billions each year inplaying a growing role to solve operational challenges.

such as transportation, logistics, manufacturing, retailfacilitate best-in-class intelligence and availability.
IIoT also delivers solutions to improve operational
efficiency and productivity, and to reduce downtime
while optimizing assets and adding transparency todecision-making.
For instance, asset tracking in an IIoT ecosystem
operational efficiency by enabling them to collectbetter decisions, saving time and money.

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Freight and shipping companies have been using

In this guide, we illustrate how several industries arebarcode scanners to track and manage their inventory.

using the Ivanti Neurons for IIoT platform to automate,

But when combined with an IIoT platform, thesestreamline and optimize their workflow processes.

scanners can collect data on broad types of items andIn addition, we offer case studies that highlight how

open new opportunities to extend beyond the fourorganizations harnessed data-driven solutions to add

walls.

value to their supply chains.

What is the IIoT User Experience?

The IIoT Opportunity in Supply Chain

Within the IIoT space, there are differences ofSecond only to manufacturing, transportation

opinion on how to best implement IIoT systems. The

accounts for more than 15% of the IIoT global market.

Ivanti® Neurons for IIoT platform connects machines,

Transportation in construction management, indevices, workers and systems to maximize uptime,

particular, is a growing industry that relies on complex

deepen insights and improve visibility. Dynamic

supply chains to fulfill material orders.

workflows leverage the five key platform capabilities
of connect, create, automate, analyze and visualizeand address primary considerations for building out
IIoT applications that are robust, secure and relevantto the user.

There is immense IIoT growth opportunity in thissector, thanks to increasing demand for construction.
According to Fitch Ratings, disruptions in thesupply chain are the primary reason for ongoingport congestion, which has impacted sales volumes

Build Robust IIoT Solutions

and caused price hikes for raw materials andMany organizations struggle to build out smart

transportation.

technologies for their businesses because theyworry about cost, infrastructure complexity, andExamples

poor migrations and integrations. We’ve found that a■ Vehicle Fleet Management

centralized automation platform is the best solution■ Yard Management

because it allows organizations to connect, create,automate, analyze and visualize throughout theproduction and transportation lifecycles. In addition,
our Ivanti Neurons for IIoT platform enables end-toend workflow automation, visibility and control thatallow for better global management and monitoringof supply chain operations.

■ Remote Asset Monitoring■ Intelligent Distribution and Location Tracking■ Optimized Logistics Systems

IIoT in Cold ChainCASE STUDYTransport Management

Until recently, the cold chain industry relied on
siloed ways of storing and shipping goods. IIoT
can capture and integrate data to ensure food andproduct safety, on-time deliveries and enhanced
quality control. For example, an IIoT platform
enables transportation and logistics companies togather data on the temperature inside vehicles,pressure, humidity and other factors that could
compromise the product’s integrity and triggers
automatic condition adjustment.

Global shipping company ends foodspoilage and improves efficiency
The Problem(TMS), the company can create a custom

A global shipping company needed more

dashboard that provides a complete view of thepredictive and reliable ways to track cold

entire fleet and prioritize shipments. It’s now

products that require refrigeration and freezer

using IIoT to better manage deliveries and arestorage, including ways to predict the ETA ofproactively keeping customers aware of whencold goods shipments and ensure food safety attheir goods are arriving, quickly and safely.

various destinations.

The Value

The Solution
With the help of Ivanti Neurons for IIoT, thistransportation and logistics company is now able
to better predict the ETA of trucks into yards,
track loading-dock KPIs and integrate withtransport management systems.

■ Vehicle tracking and TMS integration

provides increased visibility and improved
efficiency.
■ Reduces waste, saves energy and prevents

food spoilage.
■ Identifies the location of all trucks in transit

The company uses built-in, geo-locating beacons

or scheduled to be in transit, allowing tothat report the trucks’ locations and to better

expedite high-priority shipments over lower

predict the ETA of trucks into yards. It also uses

priority ones.

temperature sensors to ensure products stay

■ The custom, centralized designed dashboard

within safe temperature ranges, to track humidity

provides exact location, temperature anddata, to detect and report the temperature in

humidity of the trucks, providing a complete

freezer trucks and more. And with the integration

view of the entire fleet.

of the Transportation Management System

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IIoT in Manufacturing

CASE STUDY

Smart Light Integration

The manufacturing sector faces global supply
chain and operational challenges, including quality
control, inventory management and operationalefficiency. IIoT can help streamline and expedite
order fulfillment, packaging, warehouse safety andmore.

Liquor distributor builds faster andmore accurate picking solution

With intelligent IIoT technologies, manufacturers

The Problem

specific item that the material handler is picking,can significantly reduce costs while increasing

Productivity and efficiency are crucial in a busy

red, green and yellow lights that represent

profits. In addition, integrated, cloud-based data

warehouse and distribution facility. Unfortunately,

corresponding pallet locations will light up. Once

management increases productivity, reduces

it can be difficult to pinpoint the sources ofthe pallet location is confirmed, the light on thewaste and enhances efficiency.

productivity problems, as these may be related

pallet lights up according to which order number

to a device, a piece of software or one or more

it represented. And just like that, a worker canemployees.

quickly turn around and see where to place a box

A large European liquor distributor uses large
pallet trucks that each contain three differentof liquor. That’s an integration between Velocity
and IoT enabled smart lights.

pallets. Pickers use bar-code scanners to scan

The Valueand pick. If an error occurs at any point in theThis distributor gained an accurate, efficient andpicking and loading process, it can lead to costly

paperless method of picking, placing and sorting

shipping errors and delays in order fulfillment andproducts on the pallet trucks — one that reduces

shipping.

the potential for human error significantly.

The Solution
To address this problem and improve workflows,
the distributor adopted the Ivanti Velocity
solution and integrated it into Ivanti Neurons for
IIoT to build a custom “pick to light” solution, also
known as “light-directed picking.”
The distributor built a custom pick-to-lightsolution on the pallet truck. So, based on a

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IIoT in Construction

CASE STUDY

Real-Time Tracking of Material Usage

As construction industry booms, so does demand
for more nimble solutions for tracking andmonitoring building supplies. A constructionindustry customer is able to collect certain kindsof data about on-site activity, performance andconditions at the building site and send the data
to a central dashboard where it is analyzed to help
inform decisions.

Building material supplier automates supply
replenishments and visibility
The Problem

The Solution

One of the largest groups working in sustainable

With an integration of RFID asset tracking into

construction specializes in a range of services

Ivanti Neurons for IIoT, the group can track

for construction management. For over 35

the consumption of building materials at eachyears, the company has been at the cutting-of their customers’ projects. The platform isedge of construction technologies acrossfurther integrated into their CRM, which allows athe transportation, housing and corporate-

salesperson to contact the customer to arrange

construction sectors.

for Just-In-Time inventory replenishment andBecause the group supplies containers of building
materials to construction yards, it needed a way

ensure the site is never left short of what’sneeded, preventing construction stoppages.

to remotely track the quantity of building supplies

The Value

remaining on-site in order to determine when toThis IIoT technology enables this construction

replenish them on time.

group to anticipate when a project will needadditional building supplies, allowing foremen
and project managers to make informed, timely
decisions that prevent both shortages and gluts.
As a result, the IIoT-based workflow is now apush-sale model and stock supply is better
managed.

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The Ivanti IIoT Platform
At its core, Ivanti Neurons for IIoT connects machines, devices, workers and systems, maximizing uptime,
deepening insights and improving visibility. Dynamic workflows leverage five key platform pillars:

CONNECT

CREATEANALYZE

AUTOMATE

VISUALIZE

Smoothly integrate data

With a low-code/no-Sync with Ivanti

Orchestrate workflows

Streamline decision-from any connectedcode workflow builder,

Neurons’ AI/ML engine

that drive productivity,

making with real-time

device and operational

the Ivanti IIoT platform

for powerful predictive-

optimize devices for peak

contextual dashboards

technology applications,

integrates pre-built

analysis capabilities,

performance and improvethat deliver cross-

Ivanti Velocity and more

applications easily soincluding identifying

process automation in a

device insights, deep

to ensure a single-source

users can implement

potential failures

single platform.

analytics, and predictive

repository for diverse

rapid solutions.

and processes forbusiness insights.

recommendations.

improvement.

From edge computing to predictive analysis to iterating and optimizing journeys, Ivanti Neurons for IIoT delivers
customized solutions for any industrial environment.

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Conclusion
In each of the case studies, organizations worked withIvanti Wavelink to create tailored, problem-specificsolutions to IIoT needs:■ Each customer identified endemic organizational

problems■ Solutions were designed to tackle each issue

individually■ Every solution required collaboration with IIoT

partners
Problems and obstacles were overcome byauditing current systems and workflows, and by
making informed recommendations relevant to theorganization and its partners.

Ivanti Wavelink
Wavelink, the Supply Chain division of Ivanti, is theglobal leader in supply-chain solutions that focus
on task-worker operational excellence in businesscritical environments. The world’s top organizations
use our industry-leading Mobile Enterprise Platform toenhance worker productivity at the edge while offering
IIoT capabilities using low-code, low-risk automation— with actionable outcomes.

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